Rebecca Pidgeon

Rebecca Pidgeon (born October 10, 1963) is an actress, singer, songwriter, and the wife of playwright David Mamet.

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October 10 - 1963 - David Mamet

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In the mid and late 1980s she was the main element of the British folk/pop band Ruby Blue.

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1980s - Ruby Blue

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She was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.

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Cambridge, Massachusetts - Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts

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She made her Broadway debut in David Mamet's Old Neighborhood.

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She had met Mamet while acting in his play Speed the Plow, and became his wife in 1991.

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She has two children, Clara and Noah.

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Pidgeon left Ruby Blue, which sank into obscurity, and concentrated on her acting career, starring in Mamet's plays and films—first the film Homicide, then in the play Oleanna, a part written for her.

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Returning to music in 1994, she released the solo album The Raven, followed by New York Girls' Club. A further album, The Four Marys, a collection of traditional Celtic folk songs, followed in 1998.

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1994 - 1998

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Pidgeon has appeared in the following films:

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• The Dawning 1988
• Campaign (TV mini-series) 1988
• She's Been Away 1989
• Uncle Vanya (made for TV) 1991
• Homicide 1991
• The Water Engine (made for TV) 1992
• The Spanish Prisoner 1997
• The Winslow Boy 1997
• Catastrophe 2000
• State and Main 2000
• Heist 2001
• Advice and Dissent 2002
• Shopgirl 2005
• Edmond 2005